This week I answer a question from the much neglected sack of Voicemail Goodness, Sticks from Armed Squirrels Project asks a question and I kinda answer. Call 501-208-8805 to send in your own question.

I do a review of the very popular Glock 42 single stack .380 ACP semiautomatic pistol.

And getting back to the show’s roots, I do a restaurant review. Check out Ronnie’s Boudin and Cracklin‘ in Hammond, LA. Yeah, there’s truck parking!

Want to meet me and your new best shooting friends next Spring? Sign up for MAG-40 April 30-May 3, 2015 at nighthawkcustomtraining.com links to MAG-20 Range and MAG-20 Classroom (sign up for 1 or both!) are right on the home page under Upcoming Events. The only BS there will be Big Sexy!

This episode is just full of conversations. If you’re interested in training with Tom Nelson and Massad Ayoob Group and you’re a MAG-40 or LFI-1 grad, check out MAG-80 next Summer. Visit para-training.com for details.

I’ve had a small change of mind. In an earlier episode of The RoadGunner Podcast I said training is not the place to find out if guns and gear won’t work for you. While I’d prefer that to be found out on an range pre-training, it’s much better to find out in training than during a gunfight. We had a student at Beyond Concealed Carry Enhanced that brought a marginal gun (for his hand, anyway) and some kind of suede or leather appendix carry holster. This was not a well designed holster (at least with this gun) and it seemed nearly impossible for him to draw with a good grip on the gun. He wanted to switch to an even smaller gun, a Taurus 709 Slim which may have made it truly impossible to draw out of this same holster. This gentleman was a bit older and had obviously spent a lot of time doing manual labor as his hands were large, rough and had calluses and large knuckles. Although his grasp on the gun improved during the class, his grip on the gun was very tenuous at first. He could not get a firing grip on his gun as it sat in this holster. He would draw by gripping the rear of the slide, then readjusting his hand to get a hold on the grip. Half the time, he came out of the holster with a weird “crab claw” grasp with both his index and middle fingers of his right hand resting on the frame and trigger guard. This was just asking for an accidental discharge or a dropped pistol.

Safety being of the utmost concern, Ben Branam, one of two lead instructors obtained a better, (but not perfect) borrowed holster as a temporary solution to this student’s drawing and re-holstering problems. The holster was of a nondescript, non-gun-specific design made of nylon and patent leather. It wasn’t ideal, but this gentleman was able to finish the class safely and with good results.

So while as an instructor I would urge all my students to bring gear, guns, ammunition, gun belts, mag pouches, and holsters known to the student to be proven reliable, I am thankful that this shooter found out with only a little embarrassment that he needed to get his equipment squared away there on the range rather than in a dark parking lot somewhere.

We can all learn from these seemingly innocent mistakes and learn the lesson that when it comes to protecting ourselves and the lives of those under the mantle of our protection, it’s best to “buy once, cry once.” Don’t be cheap when it comes to your gear. That said, not all pricey gear may work for YOU. Test your equipment with rigorous use before you trust it as life saving gear.

This week when I wasn’t freezing my badonkadonk off in a roadside ditch, I was editing this podcast. A couple weeks back in an ironically warmer climate in Colorado, I had lunch and a conversation with Mr. Ken Kowalski of The Rimfire Podcast and Modern Rifleman Radio.

If you’d like to join me for some fun and valuable training, sign up for The RoadGunner Podcast MAG-40 in May of this year. Go to MAG-20 Live Fire or MAG-20 Armed Citizens’ Rules of Engagement or both, but don’t wait long! The class is in Conway, Arkansas May 15,16,17 and 18. Glen Tate, author of the 299 Days series will be there!

Microtel Inn and Suites in Conway is offering a special rate for MAG-20 0r 40 attendees. Mention Nighthawk Custom Training Academy of MAG-20 or MAG-40 when you book. Call 501-327-0898 for reservations.

Don’t know if you want to train with Bob Mayne and Ben Branam? Get a preview by joining the Shooter’s Club and get video and audio content not available anywhere else online and help The RoadGunner Podcast at the same time!

Want to meet Glen Tate and train with Ben and Bob in the Great Northwest? Sign up for Beyond Concealed Carry August 9th in Sequim, WA.

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This week I talked about several different topics like knives, BBQ, belts and hiking boots. I also got into my own head and let it all out into the recorder. Marvel at my ramblings.

Topics covered:

Dink’s BBQ in Rogers, AR. Get the pulled pork. DO NOT ask them to pull yours first.

Cabela’s in Rogers I-540 exit 82. Go east to the store. Truckers take the very right into the 1st drive-way at the West end of the store; take a left around the back of the store past the loading docks and head straight towards the Target at the end of the lot. The tractor-trailer parking is clearly marked on your left.

In the middle of Trucker’s ramblings, we here at RGP sandwiched in a brief interview with 2013 Washington State IDPA SSP Champion Steve Koski. We thank Steve for appearing on the show again and dragging Chaz up and down Mt. Koski to shoot.

Trucker mentions a bit about truck shtop awareness after 2 truck stop incidents catch his attention in Ohio and Texas. The victim in the Ohio shooting is expected to survive. The Texas suspect is in custody.

This episode touches upon range safety awareness and lament the rare but real phenomenon of gun range suicide. Sensitive listeners may wish to refrain from listening this time. I sympathize with those of you who have lost loved ones to the tragedy of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, seek it here.

I FINALLY answer some voicemails and emails in the Listener FeedBag segment. If you want to call me, dial 501-208-8805 and leave a message of up to 3 minutes. Make it snappy, Pal!

This week I talk a little bit about the Massad Ayoob Group Instructor Course with Tom Nelson of the Gun Dudes and Jason Christensen and I do a short range report on the Glock 30s, Smith and Wesson M&P 9 Shield, Colt New Agent and Sig Sauer 1911 TacOps.

This week I rant about an incident with private costumed security nerds at a facility in Salt Lake City.

I discuss the garments I use to cover my ass when I’m on the road.

There are 10 States in The USA that require a permit holder to disclose to Police when they are carrying a gun, potentially violating their Fifth Amendment Rights. Those States are Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. ALWAYS know the carry laws of your State and the laws of every State in which you plan to carry a firearm. Go to to www.handgunlaw.us and check frequently!

Nighthawk Custom‘s Craig Gholson returns to The RoadGunner Podcast and talks with me about The new T4 and their .22LR conversion kits for 1911’s. Let me tell you, the men and women of Nighthawk are rightly proud of their work.

No one ever complains that they could buy 10 Ford F-150’s for the price of a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. The difference is if you save your nickels YOU might actually own a Nighthawk Custom someday.

I will.

The .22 conversion kits are definitely affordable and give superior accuracy according to Craig.

I think this is the 100th episode of your Second Favorite Podcast, now network-free and independent like me!

Big name guests Massad Ayoob and Jon Hodoway discuss the current war on gun owners and the ammo crisis. Mas and Jon are sponsors of the show through the Massad Ayoob Group and Nighthawk Custom Training Academy. Check them out by clicking their logos at the right side of this page.

Paul Lathrop describes a Tasty vist to the Petro in Clearwater, Minnesota with some fine broadcast quality audio. Try the apple fritters. Check out his podcast, The Politics and Guns Podcast on the Gun Rights Radio Network!

The Un-Named Trucker opines on the silliest suggestion for a truck gun EVER!

The Real Lincoln by Thomas Dilorenzo, a fascinating look back at the real causes and effects of the Civil War, or War Of Northern Aggression. I first heard of this book from reading lewrockwell.com, if you are a traditional Democrat or Republican, the articles there may offend your sensibilities so be warned.

I also analogize about the relationship of the 1911 pistol to the Glock 19 in relationship to the differences and similarities between the Peterbilt 379 and the Freightliner Cascadia.

I also answer some listener feedbag.

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President Obama has ben re-inaugurated. You want to lash out, you want someone to blame. May I suggest refocusing your energy on making a positive change. Do you want to know what to do? Here is a simple way to express your desires to your legislators, the President, VP, and Governor. Courtesy of Ruger. Thanks to all the listeners who sent in the link, especially Gregg Chrissakis and Chuck Boylan.

A couple of nights ago I was at my company’s terminal in Southwest Missouri dropping off a load of apples and pears at the yard. The trailer’s eventual destination was Florida, but I’m off for the next 9 days for Thanksgiving and for my The Un-Named Son’s graduation from Air Force Basic Training. I’m headed down to San Antonio tomorrow.

When I pulled into the fueling bay and stopped the truck, I was notified by the attendant that I had been selected for a “random.” A “random” being a random drug test. I wish I was as randomly lucky in gambling because this is the fourth random drug test I’ve done this year and they haven’t let me test any drugs at all, not once! All they ever have me do is piss in a cup and they bottle it up and send it to a lab.

Since the Government owns my body I guess it’s all well and good, right? The Government keeps us safe and warm and it causes the sun to shine and the stars to dance (on TV.) The Government keeps us all safe by keeping evil truckers like myself honest and pure and clean by telling me what substances I can or cannot put into the body they claim ownership of. Random piss screenings ensure that no stupid, evil truck driver will ever ingest an evil plant that grows so fast and so readily that it’s referred to as WEED.

If the Government can outlaw weed, it can outlaw any plant for any reason. If the Imperials in DC want to outlaw tomatoes, potatoes, poison ivy, and bermuda grass they can and will.

If the Government can tell you what you can or cannot put in your body, they are making a de facto statement of ownership over your body. Just try to grow pot in your back yard. Grow enough of it along with your evil medicinal herbs and men in black kevlar body armor armed with actual assault rifles (not civilian semi-automatics incorrectly called assault weapons) will come to your house, break down your door, and take physical possession of their “property” at gun point. That property being YOU, as well as everything you own. If you resist sufficiently, they will terminate your life.

Now tell me who owns your body.

Ladies and Gentlemen, if you think that random drug tests are a good idea, just remember that they are relatively easy to beat. Just Google “Pass Drug Test Weed” and 872,000 results pop up.

I don’t do drugs, but I could if I wanted to and I could pass the pee pee test regardless of how many times I am subjected to the Government’s reaffirmation that they own my body.

I don’t do drugs because I’m not particularly inclined to do them. Most drivers aren’t, and that’s the real reason we have the safest highways in recorded history. New technology, safer cars, better roads and better trucks keep us safe, not DOT mandated hours of service logs and DOT mandated random drug tests. Next some an uniformed trucker or motorist tries to tell you differently, you tell ‘em to talk to me. I’ll put ‘em straight.

In the trucking world, gas comes in many forms; from the wind emanating from the mouths of fools at truck stop lunch counters to the super-chilled methane making its way into the fuel tanks of big rigs, gas is taking over the transportation insdustry.

In this RoadGunner Half Cast, The Un-Named trucker talks about how to make coin as a truck driver and the future of “green” natural gas fuel for semis.

Please visit Ben’s eBay store and buy yourself or a loved one some Second Amendment Jewelry. When you email Ben at secondamendmentjewelry@gmail.com and put chickenhammer in the subject line, Ben will discount your order by 20% or give you free priority shipping, your choice. Help out a RoadGunner Podcast listener and show your pride in the shooting sports.

Hiya, Gang! I’m gonna try something new here at the RoadGunner Podcast since ya’ll have been so generous as to provide me with a new mobile computin’ platform: Blogging!

Oh how exciting!

I’m currently haunting the parking lot of the Travel Centers of America truck stop and world’s largest outdoor urinal in Santa Nella, California.

It’s been an awesome day today, the weather is spectacular and the weekday driving has been a breeze in the wilds of California’s San Joaquin Valley. I’ve seen quite a few signs along the route that say “Stop The Congress Created Dust Bowl.” It’s brutally dry out here RoadGunners; even the hearty weeds are dying of thirst. Without water brought down from Northern California via the California Aquifer, this area would remain a barren dry lake bed from ancient times. With the Aquifer however, it has become America’s produce basket.

Some time ago, Congress decided that the Delta Smelt, a diminutive fish that lives in the Aquifdr was far more imporant than providing jobs and food to humans and began reducing the water allotment to California’s farms, orchards and such.

What I saw today and have been observing for some time now confused me. Some orchards and vineyards were clearly dead while others were clearly thriving. There seemed to be no rhyme nor reason for which operations were allowed to have water and which were allowed to thrive.

Whose pockets are been lined with money to keep some ag businesses alive and some are left to wither?

My livelihood is interconnected deeply with California produce. As a team driver hauling coast to coast, I spend a lot of time picking up produce and delivering it to various distribution centers for major suppliers you would no doubt be familiar with.

It’s a shame that politicians are allowed to jack with human life in this way for their own pleasure and power.

California is a great place. It’s a shame that the citizens of this fine State continue to elect rulers who are working diligently to destroy it.

I have many interests besides guns. Multitools are cool and everyone should have at least one of them, but where to start? The Gerber Suspension multi-plier or the Leatherman Wingman are great choices. Both are rugged, useful pieces with an attractive, affordable price. My vote is for the Leatherman.

Gerber Suspension

Gerber Suspension

Leatherman Wingman

Wingman Belt Clip

Wingman, tools peacocked

And some pics of Jason Christensen’s fine work that I mentioned in the show.

Thanks to all my listeners and sponsors for making my new computer and thus the show possible. This week’s show contains interviews with Massad Ayoob, the director of the Massad Ayoob Group and Trevor Furlotte of Canadian Reload Radio Fame.

As used in this Subsection, a “rescue knife” is a folding knife, which can be readily and easily opened with one hand and which has at least one blade which is designed to be used to free individuals who are trapped by automobile seat belts, or at least one blade which is designed for a similar purpose. No blade of a rescue knife shall exceed five inches in length.

I carry the Halo brand in my medium & large kits (mainly because the manufacturer explicitly states that you can fold them up for carry but they don’t have an easy-to-see red pull-tab like the HyFins):

This week, Paul Lathrop of the Politics and Guns Podcast listens to me moan about the weasels in Washington and I make predictions that have already been proven correct.

Ignore my whining and go out to meet Danny Cifuentes of Precision Target at Wahsatch Shooters Assoc. July 14 from 0900 to 1400 MDT. Come see the fine quality, affordable steel target that he has to offer. Range fee is $7

Ah, Sunday! A day of peace, a day of podcasts. In this episode I kvetch about Rahm Emanuel in Gun-Free Chicago. If you are a partisan liberal of the Democrat persuasion, you ain’t going to love me or this show afterwards.

I had a blast at MAG-40 in Centerton, Arkansas last week as an ASSistant intrucructor. Luckily I proved myself worthy and shot a perfect 300 out of 300 score on the pace-setter for the Qualifier. Before the students shoot, the instructors take a turn at the line to show the students what to expect. I was nervous at the prospect of shooting poorly while 34 students watched, but I prevailed. The top student shooter scored 298 out of 300. Bob Mayne of the Handgun World Podcast shot a respectable 292, but he still owes me dinner!